The Big Score (Closed)

“I should be good,” Alex told Belle as she mentioned that she was going out shopping to pick up a few things. Alex took a sip of his orange juice as she brought up the idea of using a taxi to get to the airport. “That sounds like a good idea,” he complimented as he laid back in his seat.

After a moment, he got up and walked around the table. “Before you go, you might want to hold on to this, Ms. Smith,” he said as he pulled the new license out from the envelope and handed it to her along with a passport and credit card. “There’s a limit of 50 grand on the card. Pretty much to just get us off to a start for when we get to Vegas,” he mentioned as he took his stuff and started to head to the stairs. “Have fun shopping and I’ll see you when you get back,” he said as he started to disappear up the stairs. There was some wondering in his mind if part of his attitude was from the fight or just from trying to play the part that made him feel a small sense of disconnect. Luckily, there would be time for them to talk to get back onto the same page over the next few days.
 
Belle wasn't completely shocked with his attitude but it did disturb her somewhat because if they were going to be a married couple the couldn't have this tension between them and a business type of attitude.

She sighed and headed to the store to get her things and when she returned she saw him bringing their bags to be packed into the taxi and she parked going over and putting things into her carryon.

They were taking off shortly and he joined her in the back of the taxi and she reach over grabbing his hand . "Alex.."she said seeing he was trying to ignore her. "I'm sorry ok?.."
 
When Alex heard the car leave and head off to the store, he went to the only unoccupied room and placed his hand on the scanner. After having it read, he punched in the code and waited for the door to open for him. Once he was inside his “study” as he called it, he looked at what Tasha had started to find on Belle. After a few quick glances he sent a text to her letting her know to work off-site at location 6. The text was very short and concise.

A few moments later, Alex was in the bedroom and taking the bags down to the front by the time Belle was getting back. “I hope you found everything that you need,” he told her as he made his way to the taxi. Once the bags were in, he opened the door for her and got in the other side. “LAX,” he told the driver as they started to head to the airport.

On the way there, he was surprised to feel Belle grab his hand and apologize. He listened to her say that she was sorry. “I don’t blame you. I was stupid and said things I didn’t mean as well,” he told her honestly as he tried to apologize. “So, how do we fix this situation?” he inquired as they continued to ride to the airport. “Just like I said last night, the only one of the girls I’ve been involved with was Tasha and that was a one-time thing.” He looked over at her and saw the concern in her face that she had for the two of them.
 
Belle sighed and said " I don't know Alex but we can't keep going like this people will notice.. I don't care who you slept with that is between you and Tasha and that was the past. We aren't together like you said and I was so immature last night I let my temper get out of control"she blushed and rubbed his cheek. "I didn't mean to slap you but some of the words you said hurt and reminded me of some things in my past well.. That's how I reacted.". She said embarrassed she had lost her cool.

"If I ever act out of order again..feel free to kick me out of your place ok?"she chuckled and patted his hand softly then looked out of the window. She knew Alex was concerned about her past but it was dark and somethings she regretted.
 
“I don’t want to kick you out,” he told her. “I know your past is your past and I respect that. I just think that we need to make sure to keep ourselves in check,” he emphasized. “It’s kind of complicated and fucked up, isn’t it? We need to sell ourselves as being a couple without actually being a couple. I miss the good old days when the jobs were simple and easy,” he said as he looked at her.

“Let’s look at the good side,” he suggested as he felt her hand on his face, “We have an hour long-ish flight where we can relax and regather our thoughts before getting our heads back in the game. And we get to have fun gambling,” he said with a smirk. He was thinking about how much of a thrill it was with running the day long cruise casino and how they had made out. It would be nice if they could repeat that same success on this trip to a higher degree.
 
Belle nodded in agreement when he said he missed when jobs were easy and had to agree with him. She nodded when he said they had the flight to gather their thoughts "Your right.. We need to get our head in the game .. Especially if we plan on cleaning out some high ballets budgets."she grinned

I think I'm going to rest a bit after our flight go get a feel for the casino and then I'm going to relax at the pool. She looked at him and said "We also umm have a single king bed so umm I guess I can take the couch when we get there and then you can take it tomorrow ?"
 
“I’ll sleep on the couch,” Alex offered as soon as he heard about the sleeping arrangements. He did realize that the fight, though not as extreme as one would think, did put a small damper on the small things like this. “I’ll also look for wedding chapels that have a good deal with helping provided some entertainment at some of the big name casinos. That way we can have a fairly easy and relaxing day tomorrow. Any thoughts on who should marry us?” he asked as they arrived at the airport.

When they got to the airport, Alex was somewhat surprised that they had such an easy time going through security and over towards their plane. He didn’t usually fly, however, when he did, it was on a bit more of a luxurious aircraft. “Did you need anything from the food court?” he asked as he saw they still had a good half hour before their flight was scheduled to depart.
 
Belle walked around browsing since their bags were checked and they had at least an half hour until their flight. She heard him offer to take the couch but she'd at least offer to share the bed if it was large enough. She didn't want to even think of how uncomfortable it'd be for him and what happened on those couches.

She looked at him shaking her head as he asked if she wanted anything from the food court and thought of getting fries then shook her head deciding she'd eat when they got to Vegas. " I'm fine for now.. I'll just probably buy some water andie can eat when our flight lands." She said looking at him.
 
Alex and Belle got on the plane and had a short and relaxing flight to Vegas. Once they got off the plane, they took a cab to their hotel and checked in. The room was simple and fairly bland. The bed was pretty big and there was no doubt that both of them could possibly fit on it easily. “So, I’m going to go to the lobby and see about getting a few things taken care of,” he told her as he made sure he had his wallet and everything else. “Feel free to call me if you need help at one of the casinos,” he added before leaving the room.

He spent some time in the lobby and started to talk to the manager on duty. They spent some time just relaxing while trying to get a layout of the area and what to do as far as hanging out with the locals and not being too much of a tourist. After talking for a while, he got a few brochures and headed back to his room to make sure they could find a good place for tomorrow. It felt a little bit relaxing being away from Belle, however, he was hoping they could kind of reconnect when she got back if she finished before he headed out to meet her.
 
Belle realized he still needed some space once they checked into the room and he quickly left saying he was going to get a few things taken care of in the lobby. She nodded and went to settle some of her things in the bed room and unpacked his hoping he didn't mind.

She also decided to take a tour of the hotel and casino seeing where she'd be able to win big for tonight and she also slid Into a bikini deciding to take a quick dip in the pool. She returned shortly after him with her purse wearing a two piece and her hair wrapped in a towel. She looked at him saying" Did you find everything you need?"
 
Alex had already made his way back to the room. He was a bit surprised that Belle had taken care of his stuff and put some of it away. He made a quick check to see where everything was before she got back. After seeing everything was accounted for and where it was, he sat down on the couch and turned on the TV. He was in the middle of looking through some of the brochures and phone book before seeing Belle return.

“Hey Belle,” he said as he watched her enter in the room with her bikini on. Even if he hadn’t seen her naked before, he could tell that she had a very fit and toned body that she took care of. There was no doubt in his mind that she had probably turned a lot of heads and possibly started a bit of fights. “How was your swim?” he asked as he watched her come farther into the room. “I think starting now we should go with our alias names,” Alex suggested as he wanted to make sure they were used to getting to hear them.

He put a piece of paper on the nightstand near the bed. “We have plenty of choices of where to get married at. Some places offer descent packages for some shows, so I think we can probably pay extra to get some VIP treatment. Other than that, just some low key places that tend to not scam the locals. What do you think?” he asked as he started to relax a little bit. He was curious if she would be getting out of her bikini in front of him or not.
 
Belle smiled slightly " It was great actually Dane..The pool is huge" she said as he said they should use their aliases. She reached for the paper looking over it briefly and nodded saying " I think these are great places I will check them out more when I get out of the shower then we can go get lunch and check out the strip.

She turned going to grab her pink silk robe then slid out of her bikini not caring if he watched or not because he's seen her naked . " I won't take long" she said heading toward the bathroom.
 
“Not a problem,” he said as he watched her get undressed and grab her silk robe. He started to get a bit hard thinking of the past fun that they have had, especially with her being naked. “So how did the casino look, Yvonne?” he called as she started her shower. He decided to walk towards the bathroom and lean against the doorway as he watched her shower. He thought it was interesting seeing her body being blurred by the curtain concealing her perfect skin.

“What were you thinking for lunch?” he inquired as he walked back to the phonebook and brochures to see what kind of places were around. “I don’t have a particular place in mind, just somewhere that we can blend in and maybe without having to make a reservation,” he suggested. He continued to look through places until he heard the water turn off. A few moments after hearing the water turn off he looked over towards the bathroom and watched as Yvonne started to dry herself off before putting on her robe. “God, I forgot how sexy your body looks,” he told her as he made no intentions to hide the face he was checking her out.
 
" It's huge!" Belle said " but not as large as the major casinos " she said referring to the casino. She finished her shower about 5 minutes later and grabbed a towel drying off " I'm not really sure but I'm sure we can find something Dane" she said and slid into her silk robe.

She grinned as she looked over at him as her was checking her out and she smirked saying " Oh? You have.. Well l guess I may give you a small reminder here and there she smirked walking over to her underarm drawer pulling out some lingerie and the she slid out of the robe.

She slid into her boy shorts and she slid thus bra on but she needed a bit of help " Do you mind helping me clasp the bra together?
 
Dane got up and walked over to her as she mentioned that she would be dropping friendly reminders of what he was missing. He watched as she took out some lingerie and then a pair of bra and panties. He watched as she teased him, putting on the panties than asking for help with the bra.

When he got over to her, he watched as Yvonne turned her back to him so he could clasp it. As he did, he leaned his head down and gently kissed her neck. He started with just a small kiss, followed by another than another. Without thinking too much about it, he moved his hands down to her hips and spun her around. As he did, he leaned in and kissed her deeply on the lips. Dane figured that a kiss should at least help with breaking some of the tension between them.

While he was kissing her, he tried to hold back letting her know how hard he was getting. He figured that this alone might be crossing a line that she might not like seeing how they just had a fight. However, he was willing to take the risk of getting slapped again if it meant getting rid of some of the stress and tension between them.
 
Yvonne gasped feeling his lips on her neck then a few more followed making her let out a sexy sigh.She felt his fingers clasp the bra then he quickly spun her kissing her deeply. Part of her wanted to slap him again but most of her missed feeling his lips and she gripped his shirt and pulled him in kissing him deeply and pulled him in for a deeper kiss.

She sighed leaning her body against his softly panting and pressing herself against his obviously hard from this.she grinned and blushed slightly. " I umm think your memory is getting a bit better?"she teased playfully.
 
“I think it is too,” Dane said as he felt her break the kiss. He stepped back and watched as Yvonne started to get dressed in her normal clothes. “So, where did you want to get lunch at?” he inquired as he went to get the list of places he was looking at. “I’m thinking if we go on the strip, we can get a better feeling of what there is to do as well,” he suggested as he made sure that he had everything.

“What were you thinking as far as gambling today?” he inquired as well. He was trying to weigh the pros and cons of their hotel to some of the bigger name brands. Obviously security and experience would be a huge impact on them making a huge profit. Dane was thinking that they would just play around at the big casinos during lunch and then try to run the casino in their hotel they were staying at. “Also, we still need to decide on a wedding chapel for tomorrow,” he said with a slight grin.
 
Yvonne smirked "Lunch at the Veranda sounds good" she said sliding into her heels. I had a rent a car delivered here as well so we can get around. The valet shouldn't have parked it" she said.

" I checked out the casino not heavy security there and I saw a table or two we could make profit and a bar we can lift a few wallets from."she said hoping he'd be up for it. She observed herself and looked at him standing up . She grabbed her purse and said " If you want.. We can go check some chapels out as well "
 
Dane listened as Yvonne told him what security looked like as well as the ideas of picking wallets and getting a car already delivered. “Sounds like a good idea. And your idea for lunch sounds pretty good as well,” he told her as he watched her finish getting dressed. Dane made sure he already had everything he needed to head out while she was in her shower.

“I think we can kind of shop around for chapels, see what looks good and what specials they are running. Maybe do a discount for an impromptu wedding he said as he got out the package and handed her the engagement ring. It wasn’t anything fancy, however, that was part of the plan since they were supposed to be acting fairly poor and this was supposed to be on the fly according to their story. “One quick question,” he asked as they headed out to the car and made their way to the restaurant, “How long ago did we meet? You know, for our cover,” he said to make sure they were on the same page.
 
Yvonne looked over at him and smiled their meet story had completly slipped her mind " I honestly forgot about that .. Umm we met at a school gathering.. Like a pep rally and we were both shy at first but we had fun and went to an after party and we hit it off since then spending time together and getting to know each other."she said


She slid on the ring and nodded liking it and it was a great fit for their story .. Way less flashy them the wedding rings Freddy had purchased"Well Dane we better get a move on it honey.. Are you driving or am I? Our key is at the front desk."
 
Dane thought about it for a moment. “We’ll figure out our backstory sometime soon,” he said as he hoped that no one was going to ask. For the most part, people here wanted to win money, not get too involved in other people’s lives. “I think you should drive,” he suggested. “That way I can’t get hit by you since you’d have to focus on where we’re going.”

He held Yvonne’s hand as they made their way to the front desk to get the key. When they found their car, he helped her in before getting in. He took his phone out and set the GPS to the restaurant before they left. As they drove he spotted a few chapels that were on their list and saw some of the main casino’s that they were looking at possibly staying at. They spent some time looking at the sights and exchanging ideas on where to go or what to see first.
 
Yvonne smirked as he mentioned her hitting him and she headed out the door with his hand in hers. They got they keys at the front desk and they headed off to the restaurant passing a few of the chapels along the way and talking.

She got there fairly easy and parked and he's helped her out of the car. She smiled and grabbed her purse and then walked in with him his hand draped around her waist.The hostess got them menus and led them to a table.
 
Dane walked into the restaurant with Yvonne. He was hoping that since they were playing young and dumb, she wouldn’t mind if his hand went around her waist. As he held her closer, he smelled her perfume that she had put on. As they sat down, he looked at her with a smile. “So there’s a few small areas where they kind of have the casino’s where the people who weren’t good enough to work in the name ones kind of work there,” he told her as they waited for their waitress.

“I’ll have some water,” he told her when she asked what kind of drink he was going to have. He waited for Yvonne to order her drink before telling the server they still need some time. He made it clear that he had no intention of flirting with this waitress in order to keep the order. He looked over the menu, wondering what was good before asking Yvonne what she thought about the food choices.
 
Yvonne smiled as he mentioned the lesser name casinos and thought that was a brilliant idea." I'll take some seltzer and lemon" Yvonne said as the waitress nodded then went to get their drinks. " I think I'll take a salad with grilled shrimp for now and eat a meal for dinner " she said " Do you see anything you like Dane?" She said still looking through the menu.

She noticed his behavior with the waitress and still was embarrassed by what she did yesterday.
 
“I think the chicken looks pretty good,” he told her as he continued to look over the menu. “Though, I do think I might go with the ribs if you want to have some,” he offered while still looking over the menu. “I’m just not sure if you want to get your lovely dress messed up since you look so nice in it.”

When the waitress came back, he ordered the chicken and watched as Yvonne ordered the salad and grilled shrimp. Dane looked around while feeling a bit under-dressed with only his jeans and t-shirt on. “So, did you see any of the wedding chapels that you liked?” he asked as he took a drink of his water. Dane figured that if they could find a place today, they might be able to get a better deal for tomorrow with some small prep time and some convincing for an increased rate.
 
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